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General Vocab
Undergraduate 4
11/03/2009
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Term
bereave
 Definition
death/mourning
Term
cadaver
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death/mourning
Term
defunct
 Definition
death/mourning
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demise
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death/mourning
Term
dolorous
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death/mourning
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elegy
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death/mourning
Term
knell
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death/mourning
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lament
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death/mourning
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macabre
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death/mourning
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moribund
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death/mourning
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obsequies
 Definition
death/mourning
Term
sepulchral
 Definition
death/mourning
Term
wraith
 Definition
death/mourning
Term
abnegate
 Definition
denying of self
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abstain
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denying of self
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ascetic
 Definition
denying of self
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spartan
 Definition
denying of self
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stoic
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denying of self
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temperate
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denying of self
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authoritarian
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dictatorial
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despotic
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dictatorial
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dogmatic
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dictatorial
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hegemonic (hegemony)
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dictatorial
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imperious
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dictatorial
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peremptory
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dictatorial
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tyrannical
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dictatorial
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abstruse
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difficult to understand
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ambiguous
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difficult to understand
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arcane
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difficult to understand
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bemusing
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difficult to understand
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cryptic
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difficult to understand
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enigmatic
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difficult to understand
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esoteric
 Definition
difficult to understand
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inscrutable
 Definition
difficult to understand
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obscure
 Definition
difficult to understand
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opaque
 Definition
difficult to understand
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paradoxical
 Definition
difficult to understand
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perplexing
 Definition
difficult to understand
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recondite
 Definition
difficult to understand
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turbid
 Definition
difficult to understand
Term
defile
 Definition
disgusting/offensive
Term
fetid
 Definition
disgusting/offensive
Term
invidious
 Definition
disgusting/offensive
Term
noisome
 Definition
disgusting/offensive
Term
odious
 Definition
disgusting/offensive
Term
putrid
 Definition
disgusting/offensive
Term
rebarbative
 Definition
disgusting/offensive
Term
articulate
 Definition
easy to understand
Term
cogent
 Definition
easy to understand
Term
eloquent
 Definition
easy to understand
Term
evident
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easy to understand
Term
limpid
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easy to understand
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lucid
 Definition
easy to understand
Term
pellucid
 Definition
easy to understand
Term
aberrant
 Definition
eccentric/dissimilar
Term
anachronism
 Definition
eccentric/dissimilar
Term
anomalous
 Definition
eccentric/dissimilar
Term
discrete
 Definition
eccentric/dissimilar
Term
eclectic
 Definition
eccentric/dissimilar
Term
esoteric
 Definition
eccentric/dissimilar
Term
iconoclast
 Definition
eccentric/dissimilar
Term
abash
 Definition
embarrass
Term
chagrin
 Definition
embarrass
Term
compunction
 Definition
embarrass
Term
contrition
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embarrass
Term
diffidence
 Definition
embarrass
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expiate
 Definition
embarrass
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foible
 Definition
embarrass
Term
gaucherie
 Definition
embarrass
Term
rue
 Definition
embarrass
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equitable
 Definition
equal
Term
equity
 Definition
equal
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tantamount
 Definition
equal
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apocryphal
 Definition
falsehood
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canard
 Definition
falsehood
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chicanery
 Definition
falsehood
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dissemble
 Definition
falsehood
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duplicity
 Definition
falsehood
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equivocate
 Definition
falsehood
Term
erroneous
 Definition
falsehood
Term
ersatz
 Definition
falsehood
Term
fallacious
 Definition
falsehood
Term
feigned
 Definition
falsehood
Term
guile
 Definition
falsehood
Term
mendacious/mendacity
 Definition
falsehood
Term
perfidy
 Definition
falsehood
Term
prevaricate
 Definition
falsehood
Term
specious
 Definition
falsehood
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spurious
 Definition
falsehood
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conjugal
 Definition
family
Term
consanguine
 Definition
family
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distaff
 Definition
family
Term
endogamous
 Definition
family
Term
filial
 Definition
family
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fratricide
 Definition
family
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progenitor
 Definition
family
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scion
 Definition
family
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ardor/ardent
 Definition
favoring/not impartial
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doctrinaire
 Definition
favoring/not impartial
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fervid
 Definition
favoring/not impartial
Term
partisan
 Definition
favoring/not impartial
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tendentious
 Definition
favoring/not impartial
Term
zealot
 Definition
favoring/not impartial
Term
absolve
 Definition
forgive
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acquit
 Definition
forgive
Term
exculpate
 Definition
forgive
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exonerate
 Definition
forgive
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expiate
 Definition
forgive
Term
palliate
 Definition
forgive
Term
redress
 Definition
forgive
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vindicate
 Definition
forgive
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